Ahmedabad: In the main drug trafficking from Gujarat Beach, the operation with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Navy took more than 750 kilograms of contraband goods from a ship.
Officials claim the smuggled price confiscated in the international market can be estimated at around Rs 2,000 Crore.
According to a joint statement issued by institutions, Haul includes “529 kg of high quality hashish, 234 kg of the best quality of metamfetamine and several quantine amounts”.
“This is the first operation like that where fear has been made in the high seas.
Input on drug trafficking in the high sea was developed by NCB and shared with a naval intelligence unit, which led to joint operations,” said the statement.
The NCB local team remains devil in the operation details including the number of people arrested, their nationality, the origin of transportation and the possibility of quoting “undergoing investigations”.
The source is close to the development but said that the ship has a ‘foreign origin’ and has a foreign crew.
The ship was arrested in international waters near Porbandar-Jamnagar Beach, they added.
“Afghanistan routes cannot be ruled out because of the nature and smuggled quantity that are not available elsewhere in the region.
However, it will be one of the few operations where there is more than one type of drug confiscated while traveling, showing changes in modus operandi, “Source said, adding that it is likely that it might be targeted at the Indian port before transiting elsewhere.
“It’s hard to get ships from several nearby countries to get permission in most ports in the world.” It is necessary to mention that Gujarat has recorded the largest drug transportation in the country from Mungra in September last year where 3 tons of heroin was confiscated from the container.
Haul value estimation is Rs 20,900 Crore.
In addition, Gujarat police also have recorded contraband seizures in 2021 at 67 tons compared to 12 tons (including marijuana) in 2020.
The value of the drug confiscated also increased eight times from Rs 195 Crore in 2021.